Category Archives: sexism

The Truth Escaped the Kavanaugh Hearing Undetected | La Prensa San Diego

If Dr. Ford, a credible, educated, articulate women couldn’t be taken seriously when detailing an assault she says she’s “100%” certain was perpetrated by a known assailant, then what hope do young boys, girls, teenagers, runaways, wives, husbands, actresses, and other victims have that their claims will be believed? Victims’ claims should be reviewed, investigated, and vetted to ensure proper due process is afforded to both the accuser and the accused. No one should fear either outright rejection or prejudiced prosecution. But, this week’s political theatre left both sides unsatisfied that the truth was pursued, that justice was served, or that victims will be better protected in the future. In the end, politics won the day. Lives were forever altered. And the truth escaped the light of day. It was another black eye for our society that seems to only move forward in fits and starts, and mostly by taking one step forward and two steps back. And it was another reminder that politics operate on another plane, are slow to change, and resistant to social pressure until voters demand change through elections. We will all have to wait to see if the November elections usher change in

Source: The Truth Escaped the Kavanaugh Hearing Undetected | La Prensa San Diego

The Kavanaugh hearing puts white male entitlement on angry display

It takes a very particular, a very insidious kind of entitlement to convince a man that he has earned a Supreme Court seat. But if there’s anything to be taken from Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony on Thursday, it’s exactly that — he believes he’s won this appointment fair and square. “I busted my butt in …

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Senate Panel Approves Kavanaugh, but Flake Wants F.B.I. Investigation Before Final Vote – The New York Times – hope he sticks to his word

“We ought to do what we can to make sure we do all due diligence with a nomination this important,” Mr. Flake said when senators returned to the hearing room. “This country is being ripped apart here.” He said he was seeking an F.B.I. investigation “limited in time and scope to the current allegations that are there.”

Thursday Open Thread | The Accusers Step Up: All Eyes on the Senate Judiciary Committee | 3CHICSPOLITICO

The Republican Senators on the committee are such cowards that they won’t even do the questioning of Dr. Blasey Ford themselves. They are bringing in a ringer from Arizona- a woman, whose office has a backlog of FOUR THOUSAND UNTESTED RAPE KITS…so, well…doesn’t that tell you all that you need to know about her?

Source: Thursday Open Thread | The Accusers Step Up: All Eyes on the Senate Judiciary Committee | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Third Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward, Alleges He Helped Orchestrate ‘Train’ Rapes: Gothamist

“In approximately 1982,” Swetnick believes someone slipped “Quaaludes or something similar” into her drink, leaving her “incapacitated without … consent and unable to fight off the boys raping [her].” She adds that she subsequently told “at least two other people” what happened. Her affidavit does not explicitly say that Kavanaugh and Judge were among the men who raped her, but rather, that they were present at the time of her assault.

Source: Third Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward, Alleges He Helped Orchestrate ‘Train’ Rapes: Gothamist

2nd woman claims sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh, this time in college – Chicago Tribune _ Graham confirms a woman’s voice, memory, and truthfulness don’t count for his vote!

Graham, speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” promised a fair hearing in which both Ford and Kavanaugh “will be challenged” but said “unless there’s something more” to back up her accusation, he indicated he will vote to confirm Kavanaugh. Graham said he’s “not going to ruin Judge Kavanaugh’s life over this.”

Source: 2nd woman claims sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh, this time in college – Chicago Tribune

Opinion | The Patriarchy Will Always Have Its Revenge – The New York Times

As a woman, as a loving parent myself, I am angry. I’m beyond angry. As the spectacle of Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination unfolds, I find myself caught in the undertow of bad memories, stuck in a simmer of rage. My hands furl into fists. My jaw clenches. My teeth grind in the night. I send my daughters out into the world each day, with a wave and a smile, and then I come inside and want to cry out of fury and frustration, because the world has not changed fast enough. It’s one thing to say , but if I find out it’s them, too, I can picture myself hunting down the man who hurt them and dismembering him with my fingernails and burning the whole world down.

White Right: Meeting the Enemy | TVO.org

With hate crime rising and divisive populist rhetoric infecting discourse across western democracies, filmmaker Deeyah Khan goes to the front lines of the race wars in America. She sits face-to-face with fascists, white supremacists, and proponents of the so-called “alt-right” ideologies. From Breitbart’s darling, Richard Spencer, to Jeff Schoep, leader of the largest U.S. neo-Nazi organization, Khan attempts to look past the hateful rhetoric to see if a human connection is possible.

Source: White Right: Meeting the Enemy | TVO.org

Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan’s Daughter, Tells Her Story of Sexual Assault – The New York Times

“It doesn’t surprise me one bit that for more than 30 years, Christine Blasey Ford didn’t talk about the assault she remembers, the one she accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of committing,” Ms. Davis wrote. She added: “Perhaps the aging men who are poised to interrogate her, unless they hide behind surrogates, should pause for a moment and think about the courage it takes for a woman to say: Here is my memory. It has haunted me for decades. It changed my life. You need to know about it now because of what is at stake for this country.”